Man With The Yellow Coat

Blogoratti May 18, 2009


Quote of the day:
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed -Martin Luther


Yesterday i saw a man
he wore a suit
only,
the colours
didn't match
grey pants
and a yellow suit jacket....

and all i could think was 'i wish i could do that'....
dress anyway i wanted
screw what anyone thinks.....

infact i'd go out....
buy myself a yellow coat -no make that purple
or rather red....

zombies.....we all are
following the crowd...puppets on a string...
...eat, dress, talk and walk just like everyone else ...
I'm a zombie too, what do i do?





Current Listen: Chrisette Michele -Epiphany




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Blogoratti

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23 Comments

  1. Tigeress18 May 2009 at 18:33

    I say stick to the yellow coat.

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  2. *Diane*18 May 2009 at 18:43

    i say do red!!! lol.

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  3. Anonymous18 May 2009 at 18:45

    I say you go out and get you a red coat and I'll get me the purple one.

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  4. Scarlet18 May 2009 at 20:03

    if you're feeling the yellow go for it.

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  5. AliceDCL18 May 2009 at 20:07

    we are not following the crowd we are setting d trends dats why we would never be caught dead in a yellow coat and grey pants

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  6. Roc18 May 2009 at 20:32

    Yup!
    Yellow coat.. Pink shoes.. Limp wrist..

    You'll be in the in-crowd in minutes..

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  7. chayomao18 May 2009 at 20:43

    Definitely red.
    You want to get noticed for the right reasons
    *winks*

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  8. sleek18 May 2009 at 20:58

    the idea always feels good in the head..its the execution that feels really awkward; and then you relapse back into doing what every1 does, how every1 does it

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  9. Anonymous18 May 2009 at 21:59

    precisely the point behind why i wrote THIS .

    Are we living to our own beat, or dancing to other people's?

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  10. Anonymous18 May 2009 at 22:15

    It's called whatever rocks your boat. Others could be rocked by the same thing too.
    There's sanity and insanity. normal and abnormal. culture and uncultured. natural and unnatural.
    choose your boat.

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  11. Miss Natural19 May 2009 at 04:40

    I love the thought, as in be yourself..do what you want whilst being 'reasonably reasonable'..yeah stay with yellow, a green hat and red shoes lol...ok that's weird. yellow and black shoes :)

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  12. Blogoratti19 May 2009 at 08:58

    @Tigeress,*Diane*,Tay-mee,Scarlet-i'm feeling you ladies jor,lol.

    @OPTIMISTIC_alyzzz,setting the trends uhn....hnnnm!

    @Roc,pink shoes? Nah,lol.

    @chayoma, right! *wink

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  13. Blogoratti19 May 2009 at 09:06

    @chayoma, right! *wink wink

    @sleek,yes i know what you mean about going back to one's old ways...

    @a.k.a BaGucci, i see what you mean after following your link...thanks for that*

    @ochuko,choose my boat? I think it sunk a while back-how about i take your boat,hehe!

    @Miss Natural,yes that's the message i'm trying to get across -be who you want to be,however you want to be,while not minding what people would say.
    People are always ready to criticize how you look,what you wear,all the poem is saying is 'this is what i want,and i'm going for it'....

    *thanks everyone, and for the records- I AM Neither getting a yellow nor a red coat,lol.

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  14. Shishi19 May 2009 at 11:29

    MAKE THAT ORANGE COAT...its so true..stms i wish i could just no care at all...

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  15. Adaeze19 May 2009 at 11:41

    Man I loved this one. Such an important message. Human beings tend to have a sheep-mentally but it is so crucially important to snap out of it...

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  16. Blogoratti19 May 2009 at 13:15

    @Shishi,yeah i know that feeling-of wanting to just not care at all..

    @Adaeze,we follow ourselves and sometimes leave behind the real 'US',true!
    How have you been?

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  17. Bibi19 May 2009 at 13:27

    Actually, I don't see anything wrong in the grey pants and yellow coat idea. lol. Which one be my own?

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  18. Blogoratti19 May 2009 at 14:40

    @Bibi,knew i could count on ya, wink*

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  19. Anonymous20 May 2009 at 03:18

    hahaha i love this; to think I was reading up fashion and style today and all the writers agreed on was it came from inside. whatever you love and works for you....stick to it.

    I recall thats how i paid attention to naija actor KOK cos of his flare for colored suits in his movies. Its only someone like him that can wear off color suits and get away with it.

    ahaha, did Roc say pink shoes too? hahahaha uhhhhhh, i shall be in the sideline watching

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  20. Blogoratti20 May 2009 at 13:36

    @naijagirl,all very well said. Thanks for dropping by *

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  21. Chomy20 May 2009 at 17:45

    how about Indigo?....the only way to do it and not be 'part of the crowd' is to do it in a whole new different hue ....or you could do one better and WEAR that very Black one u've got. Who says u've got to wear it when its in...wear what you want, just make it your own. you know how there are two people in a exactly the same outfits but your eye goes to only one...? u berra be that one person that 'skewed' it and dared to be a lonewolf. If u must wear it, WEAR it better. u know how i feel about this!!

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  22. Blogoratti20 May 2009 at 17:53

    Hey CC,true words and i sure do know how you feel about it all-being that one person who gets all the wow looks eh? Yes that could be me. Wait a minute that is ME,lol.
    Nice looking out CC. wink*

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  23. Chomy20 May 2009 at 18:12

    of course it is you. which is why i said ' u berra B' lol hey B!!!!!!!!

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